Margaret of Anjou

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Margaret of Anjou

fictional character

Also known as: Queen Margaret

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Henry VI, Part 2
Power struggles in Henry VI’s court (Acts I–III)
…lessened by the arrival of Margaret of Anjou, the new queen, who—together with her lover, the duke of Suffolk—plots against Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, and his ambitious duchess, Eleanor. Richard Plantagenet, the duke of York, reveals his secret desire for the crown. He is later suspected of treason when a…
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…lessened by the arrival of Margaret of Anjou, the new queen, who—together with her lover, the duke of Suffolk—plots against Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, and his ambitious duchess, Eleanor. Richard Plantagenet, the duke of York, reveals his secret desire for the crown. He is later suspected of treason when a…
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Henry VI, Part 3
York’s short-lived triumph (Act I)
Queen Margaret elicits the aid of the Lancastrian commander Lord Clifford, who kills York’s son, Rutland.
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Queen Margaret elicits the aid of the Lancastrian commander Lord Clifford, who kills York’s son, Rutland.
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